TY - BOOK ID - 147824914 TI - The Green New Deal from Below : How Ordinary People Are Building a Just and Climate-Safe Economy. PY - 2024 SN - 9780252047459 0252047451 PB - Champaign University of Illinois Press DB - UniCat KW - Environmental policy KW - Sustainable development KW - Economic development KW - Social justice KW - Economic aspects KW - Environmental aspects KW - E-books UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:147824914 AB - "A visionary program for national renewal, the Green New Deal aims to protect the earth's climate while creating good jobs, reducing injustice, and eliminating poverty. Its core principle is to use the necessity for climate protection as a basis for realizing full employment and social justice. Jeremy Brecher goes beyond the national headlines and introduces readers to the community, municipal, county, state, tribal, and industry efforts advancing the Green New Deal across the United States. Brecher illustrates how such programs from below do the valuable work of building constituencies and providing proofs of concept for new ideas and initiatives. Block by block, these activities have come together to form a Green New Deal built on a strong foundation of small-scale movements and grassroots energy. A call for hope and a better tomorrow, The Green New Deal from Below offers a blueprint for reconstructing society on new principles to avoid catastrophic climate change"-- ER -